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CHERRY, Lloyd Dail - Date of
birth
26 December 1923 -
Age
22 - Place of
birth
Lewiston Woodville, Bertie County, North Carolina -
Hometown
Lewiston Woodville, Bertie County, North Carolina
Personal info
Military service
- Service
number
34672609 -
Rank
Private -
Function
unknown -
Unit
3101st Quartermaster Service Company
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Awards
unknown
Death
-
Status
Died non-Battle - Date of
death
14 February 1946 - Place of
death
unknown
Grave
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Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten
| Plot | Row | Grave |
|---|---|---|
| J | 3 | 2 |
Immediate family
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Members
Luther D. Cherry (father)
Tempie (Brown) Cherry (mother)
Georgia B. Cherry (sister)
Cora Brown (grandmother)
More information
Pvt Lloyd D. Cherry enlisted in the army on 27 April 1943. He was of African-American descent.His death was the result of having sustained first and second degree burns across his entire body. While it is not known when, where, and how exactly he sustained these burns, his unit was stationed in the Belgian town of Henri-Chapelle, which to this day is the site of the Henri-Chapelle American Cemetery, at the time. Cherry passed away in the 1st Hospital Unit, 9th Field Hospital at 7.10 PM on February 14, 1946. Four days later, he was buried in plot BBB, row 11, grave 268 of the Margraten cemetery.
Source of information: Peter Schouteten, Terry Hirsch, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov, www.ancestry.com - North Carolina Birth Index / WWII Draft Cards Young Men / U.S., World War II Army Enlistment Records, 1938-1946, Morning Report 3101st Quartermaster Service Company, Individual Deceased Personnel File
Photo source: Peter Schouteten